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BJP chief asks Scheduled Caste leaders to focus on community outreach
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting with leaders from Scheduled Caste (SC) and asked them to reach out to members of the community.
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Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao urges Sonia Gandhi to prioritise caste-wi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Former Congress MP and party's senior leader V Hanumantha Rao on Saturday wrote a letter to the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi asking her to take up the caste wise census issue on priority at the Chintan Shivir being held in Udaipur.
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Congress panel favours private sector reservation, caste census, 50 pc quo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 15 (ANI): A key Congress panel at the party's Chintan Shivir here has favoured reservation in the private sector and has expressed support for demands for a caste census.
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Tamil Nadu SC/ST commission seeks Tirupattur Collector's response on birya
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thirupathur (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has sought an explanation from the District Collector of Thirupathur for disallowing beef and pork from biryani in the Ambur Biryani festival organised by the dist
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Tamil Nadu: Theni District CEO orders schools not to allow wristband with
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Theni (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 6 (ANI): Theni District CEO has ordered all school principals in the district to ensure that students should not tie coloured strings on their hands to indicate caste identity.
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PM Modi says 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' at core of Shri Narayana Guru's philosop
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Hailing thoughts of Shri Narayana Guru for being ahead of time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the message of 'One Caste, One Religion and One God' of the legendary social reformer laid the foundation of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-relia
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Siddaramaiah accuses BJP govt in Karnataka of betraying Dalits, STs
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday accused the BJP government in the state of betraying Dalits and scheduled tribes, by diverting the funds of Rs 7,885 crore meant for scheduled caste su
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K'taka CM presents Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar awards
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 14 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday presented Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar awards and highlighted the subsidies for the scheduled castes and tribes in the state.
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SC grants interim protection to Dalit man facing charges of abducting wife
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): A Dalit man, who married an upper-caste woman and is facing an arrest warrant for abducting her, has been granted interim protection from arrest by the Supreme Court.
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VP Naidu asks youngsters to rise above caste, religion
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asked the youngsters to rise above narrow considerations such as caste, religion and region and "never disrespect" other religions.
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Karnataka govt raises subsidy to SC, ST under land ownership scheme, annou
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 5 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the state government has decided to raise the subsidy paid to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities under the Land Ownership Scheme from Rs 15 lakh at present to Rs 20 lakh.
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Rs 30,160 crore loans sanctioned under Stand-up India scheme in 6 years
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): More than Rs 30,160 crore loans have been sanctioned to over 1,33,995 accounts in the last six years under Stand-up India scheme that seeks to provide financial support to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and women entrepreneurs in setting up e
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